Silk tougher than Kevlar thanks to genetically modified silkworms::Researchers in China have successfully genetically modified silkworms to produce spider silk. The silk fibres produced were 6 times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests.
Silk tougher than Kevlar thanks to genetically modified silkworms::Researchers in China have successfully genetically modified silkworms to produce spider silk. The silk fibres produced were 6 times tougher than the Kevlar used in bulletproof vests.
It’s all fun and games until the world gets taken over by genetically engineered bulletproof worms.
Can you imagine walking into the woods and having a kevlar strand catch on your face? You end up garroting yourself trying to get untangled.
And then getting caught by said worms and being cocooned as you desperately try to break free.